exiguo

adj.

exiguous, meager, small, in short supply.

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exiguo

► adjetivo

1 (pequeño) small, tiny, slight

2 (escaso) scanty, meagre (US meager)

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ADJ

1) [cantidad] meagre, meager (EEUU)

2) [objeto] (=pequeño) tiny

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-gua adjetivo <salario> meager*, paltry; <cantidad> trifling

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= meagre [meager, -USA], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.

Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.

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* con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con un presupuesto muy exiguo = on a shoestring (budget).

* presupuesto exiguo = shoestring budget.

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-gua adjetivo <salario> meager*, paltry; <cantidad> trifling

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= meagre [meager, -USA], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.

Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.

* con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).

* con un presupuesto muy exiguo = on a shoestring (budget).

* presupuesto exiguo = shoestring budget.

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exiguo -gua

adjective

‹salario› meager*, paltry, exiguous (frml); ‹cantidad› trifling

la empresa mantiene hoy una exigua plantilla de trabajadores these days the firm maintains a very small workforce

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exiguo,-a adjetivo minimal, trifling, meager: con la exigua pensión apenas tenía para comer, her meager pension barely provided enough to eat
'exiguo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
exigua
English:
meager
- meagre

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exiguo, -a adj

[ración, sueldo] meagre; [espacio] tiny;

un presupuesto cada vez más exiguo a dwindling budget;

una exigua mayoría a wafer-thin majority

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exiguo

adj meager, Br

meagre

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exiguo, -gua adj

: meager